"Networking for healing" - Partnership with the SAFE Center - How has this helped first responders?

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by Brianna Jones3 views·Updated Apr 22, 2021
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  1. So that has been really helpful to the fire department
  2. as a whole.
  3. Um On the next slide, I was going to talk
  4. a little bit about assessing and screening.
  5. I've kind of covered that.
  6. But as far as the assessment that we do, it's
  7. just a bio psychosocial assessment.
  8. We just have a part in the assessment that does
  9. ask the client if they have a history of any
  10. type of trauma or are they currently involved in a
  11. traumatic situation?
  12. And so um that kind of opens the door.
  13. They certainly don't have to tell us.
  14. But that kind of opens the door um and you
  15. know, if they want to share of course we will
  16. listen and we will try to find resources to be
  17. able to help them get through um the situation that
  18. they're going through and to start their healing process.
  19. And then lastly referrals.
  20. So uh the way that works is once somebody discloses
  21. some type of information about abuse or assault.
  22. Um I tell them at that point about the safe
  23. center, um, and all of the services that they can
  24. provide and um Fran, I'll get their consent to discuss
  25. the situation with Fran and make a referral.
  26. And then at this time what we're doing is I
  27. am using our laptop and hotspot to go out to
  28. their home and I just kind of set them up
  29. a little portable doctor's office and um they join on
  30. a platform and Fran pops on the screen.
  31. And they do, you know roughly about an hour of
  32. of counseling.
  33. And it has really really made a difference in and
  34. the ones that we have made referrals to.
  35. And so, um, we certainly want to keep this relationship
  36. strong with them because it's ultimately helping the city as
  37. a whole, helping take and not take our first responders
  38. out of service and they certainly aren't equipped to handle
  39. those types of things if someone were to, to open
  40. up to them.
  41. And so it's great to be able to have that
  42. resource. And firefighters are all aware that they can, um,
  43. inform anybody.
  44. They go on a call for any type of assault.
  45. They can, you know, refer that person to the safe
  46. center as well.
  47. And so, um, that's how we go about referring.
  48. And then that's all that I have.
  49. Um, if you guys have any questions for me, you're
  50. welcome to call me.
  51. I've got my number here and call or email.
  52. Um, and I have my email below.
  53. So thank you so much for your time and feel
  54. free to reach out if there's anything that I can
  55. do for you.